title: [Patients' experiences and picture processes during the art therapy in a psychosomatic day hospital].
abstract: The aim of this study was the examination of the experiences of patients participating in an art therapy during a psychosomatic day hospital. The data basis were 15 transliterated interviews from the end of the treatment, conducted with a presentation of the pictures painted in the art therapy sessions, as well as the digitised pictures. The evaluation was done with a qualitative analysis of the interviews and an analysis of the pictures, using a specially-developed category system. In the art therapy, most part of the pa-tients dealt with own conflicts. Nearly all pa-tients benefitted from the art therapy and indicated an improvement of their feeling. The picture processes are different; at the beginning, wishes and familiar techniques dominated. Pictures of turning points differed in their dimensions. The art therapy was seen as a part of the complete treatment in which several therapies assembled. The final interviews were experienced as helpful for further reflections.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oster
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poetsch
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danner-Weinberger
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.
authors.forename: Jörn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: von Wietersheim
mesh_terms: D001155:Art Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*